Pat Evans and Granddaughter Honored for Outstanding Volunteer Service

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Posted September 17, 2015

Pictured at the Volunteer Salute on August 20th are CABA Executive Director Pat Evans and her granddaughter
Mary Reid Dixon, both honored for their community volunteering by the Goodwill Industries Volunteer Services.

Goodwill Industries Volunteer Services recently honored CABA Executive Director Pat Evans for excellence in
community volunteering. GIVS presented this year’s awards at its Volunteer Salute event on August 20, 2015, before
a packed house at the Country Club of Jackson.

Pat said, “Since 1985, Goodwill has held its Volunteer Salute, and I was honored to be selected this year. I was
especially pleased, however, that my granddaughter Mary Reid Dixon, a senior at Madison-Ridgeland Academy, was also
chosen and shared the event with me.”

In her biographical sketch, Pat noted that her life consists of four moving parts. The first (and most
important) is her family. The second is her volunteer work; the third, her church, the Chapel of the Cross in
Madison; and the fourth, her career, the last 25 years of which were at Mississippi College School of Law (until
she retired in 2013) and the Capital Area Bar Association.

Pat has served as President and Vice President of the Jackson Symphony League and chaired numerous of its
important committees; a member of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Board of Governors; a member of the Board of
Directors of the Arts Alliance of Jackson and Hinds County; Secretary of the Gallery Guild of the Mississippi
Museum of Art; President-Elect and Vice President of the Pleiades Literary Club; President of her Luncheon Club;
Treasurer of her Homeowner’s Association; PTA President; and chairman of the statewide literary competition at St.
Andrew’s School.

In her church work, Pat has been a licensed Eucharist Lay Minister for more than 30 years. She has served as a
member of the Statewide Advisory Committee for Lay Ministers, a Vestry member, and a delegate to the Mississippi
Diocesan Council. Pat is also a trained Stephen Minister and Stephen Leader. The Stephen Ministry is a non-profit
Christian education organization offering one-to-one Christian care to people who are going through some
significant life crisis.

Mary Reid Dixon is the daughter of Leslie (Pat’s daughter) and Justyn Dixon. Proud grandmother Pat commented,
“Leslie and Justyn have done an outstanding job of rearing such a responsible young woman.”

Mary Reid is President of the Student Body at Madison-Ridgeland Academy. Her many extracurricular interests
include Habitat for Humanity Club, Latin Club, Rotary Club, Varsity Dance Team, HOBY Youth Leadership Program,
Mayor’s Youth Council, and Yearbook Staff Design Editor. Her community service incudes volunteer work for the
American Heart Association, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Mississippi Animal Rescue League, Mustard Seed, and Stewpot
Community Services. She has served as a Mississippi House of Representatives page, and she has received many awards
and honors throughout middle school and high school including a citizenship award, faculty-nominated leadership and
service awards, the United States Achievement Academy Advanced Placement Award, and election to the National Honor
Society.

Cutline for the photo: Pictured at the Volunteer Salute on August 20th are CABA Executive Director Pat Evans and
her granddaughter Mary Reid Dixon, both honored for their community volunteering by the Goodwill Industries
Volunteer Services.

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